England’s India Tour: India Squad observed minute silence, Ahmedabad aircraft pays tribute to accident victims
In the light of the recent tragedy in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, the Indian team in England saw a minute’s silence to pay their honors towards the lost life in an airplane accident on Thursday, 12 June. The BCCI released photographs of the players and support staff members, who pay tribute to the victims of the accident. Players and employees also donated black armband in solidarity with the families of the victims.The BCCI said in a post on X, “Players and members of assistant employees involved in the Intra-Squad game in Bekenham are wearing black armbands.”India’s head coach Gwatam Gambhir played no role in the Intra-Squad Test in the preparation for the five-match Test series against England after a heart attack on June 11 after a 43-year-old mother suffered a heart attack. On 12 June to live with her mother in severe time, seriously severe.The tragedy hit the Air India Flight AI 171 from Ahmedabad to Gatwick in London, when the aircraft crashed immediately after the take-off, claiming life that if 241 out of 242 passengers were 241. Many prominent names in cricket expressed their condolences and prayers to the families of those who were influenced by the incident.
Indian squad and employees saw a minute’s silence ahead of the Intra-Squad Test in Becanham (image through X/@BCCI)
Next to the WTC final between South Africa and Australia at Lord’s, the sides saw a minute’s silence and wore black armbands to remember the lost life in a tragic event.
In the preparation of a five-observance series against England, which also marks the beginning of a new era in Indian cricket and the beginning of a new era under captain Shubman Gill, the Indian squad will play a four-day Intra-Squad Test in Kent’s Becanham. The warm-up game will be the only match that will play ahead of the Senior Team England Series.
